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sensu_fw-la accipienda_fw-la sunt_fw-la verba_fw-la juramenti_fw-la quo_fw-la audientes_fw-la accepturos_fw-la judicamus_fw-la &_o quem_fw-la habent_fw-la in_o communi_fw-la omnium_fw-la usu_fw-la quia_fw-la verborum_fw-la significatio_fw-la pendet_fw-la ex_fw-la hominum_fw-la usu_fw-la amesius_n de_fw-fr consc_fw-la lib._n 4._o c._n 22_o pag._n 153._o azor._fw-la instit_fw-la vol._n 1._o l._n 11._o c._n 8._o col_fw-fr 742_o according_a to_o the_o plain_a and_o common_a sense_n and_o understanding_n for_o what_o that_o be_v be_v not_o yet_o discover_v and_o we_o believe_v the_o divine_n of_o aberdene_n say_v well_o 14._o well_o the_o minist_n and_o professor_n of_o aberdene_n in_o their_o general_a demand_n pag._n 14._o that_o the_o word_n of_o a_o oath_n shall_v be_v clear_a and_o plain_a and_o if_o they_o be_v any_o way_n ambiguous_a the_o true_a sense_n of_o they_o shall_v be_v so_o declare_v and_o manifest_v that_o all_o may_v know_v it_o as_o to_o satisfy_v the_o doubt_n which_o 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